Hi there, welcome to DV Pratticus!

First off, the technique you seem to be using sounds like WILD... Just a suggestion, it may be best to start with something slightly less hit and miss. In my experience WILD is a long process of trial and error. You might want to try improving your non-lucid recall and do reality checks, and maybe try MILD (Mnemonic-induced lucid dream) first, before focussing on WILD. If you want more info on these techniques, you might want to take a look-see in our Tutorials Forum.

Hope that helps some. BTW, the book you were reading, The Art of Dreaming, is that the one by Castaneda?